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Author: Imogen Wells

Come hell or come high water, the Three Waters reform is going ahead. 

The Government revealed on Friday it's adopting the majority of its working group's recommendations, including the controversial co-governance structure.

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Author: Anna Burns-Francis

Russia has fired two missiles on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv - in flagrant disregard of its neighbour, and of the United Nations, of which it is a member.

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Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/04/29/un-passes-resolution-countering-russias-veto-power/
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Author: Lice Movono

A landmark case in Fiji today as the High Court in its capital Suva issued what is the country's first environmental crime sentence.

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Russia on Thursday warned the West that there would be a tough military response to any further attack on Russian territory, accusing the United States and its key allies of undermining European security by openly inciting Ukraine to assault Russia.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/04/ukraine-invasion-russia-warns-west-not-to-test-our-patience.html
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Author: Sharon Brettkelly

All over the country, ratepayers are forking out millions of dollars for CCTV cameras. But are they actually making us any safer?

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018839799/the-cameras-watching-over-us
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Author: TVNZ: 1News

Four children, one as young as seven, have been caught attempting to steal from a Hamilton shopping centre overnight.

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Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/04/28/7-year-old-among-kids-trying-to-rob-hamilton-shopping-centre/
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Author: Caitlin Rawling

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An Australian man has been caught waiting in a hotel room for an eight-year-old girl with the intention of having sex with her.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/04/paedophile-caught-red-handed-waiting-for-eight-year-old-girl-in-australian-hotel.html
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Author: Reuters

The EU's chief executive on Wednesday (local time) branded as "blackmail" Russian giant Gazprom's move to halt supplies to some European customers, but said the bloc was working on a coordinated response to Moscow's escalation.

Gazprom said it had cut supplies to Poland and Bulgaria for failing to pay for gas in roubles, Moscow's toughest response yet to sanctions imposed by the West over the conflict in Ukraine.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/04/ukraine-invasion-eu-accuses-russia-of-blackmail-as-moscow-holts-gas-supplies-to-poland-bulgaria.html
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